Name: Tian Jia

Sport: Beach volleyball

Date of birth: February 9, 1981

Home: Tianjin

Height: 1.77 meters

Weight: 68 kg

Experience:

1995: Began her volleyball training. Coach: Han Yunbo

1998: Joined Bayi Beach Volleyball Team. Coach: Guo Xinkun

1998: Selected for the National Beach Volleyball Focus Training Team. Coach: Hu Jin

2003: Selected for the National Beach Volleyball Team. Coach: Miu Zhihong

Major achievements:

2000 First National Beach Volleyball Championships: Champion

2000 Sydney Olympics: Nineteenth place

2001 Ninth National Games: Champion

2001 Beach Volleyball World Tour, Macao: Fifth place

2002 Busan Asian Games: Champion

2002 National Beach Volleyball Championships: Champion

2002 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Austria: Fifth place

2003 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Norway: Fifth place

2003 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, China: Fifth place

2003 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Indonesia: Champion

2003 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Italy: Champion

2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Italy: Third place

2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, China: Second place

2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Switzerland: Third place

2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Canada: Third place

2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Austria: Champion

2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Poland: Champion

2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Portugal: Third place

2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Thailand: Second Place

Partnered with Zhang Jingkun, Tian Jia finished 19th at the 2000 Olympic Games. Chi Rong and Xiong Zi were China's number one beach volleyball team, but since Xiong Zi's transfer to the national team, Tian Jia and Wang Jie have become the new number one for China. They finished second overall in the 2006 FIVB World Tour rankings.

(China.org.cn July 3, 2008)